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The Pearl
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 820.80353809034
EAN: 9780345410047
ISBN: 0345410041
Label: Ballantine Books
Manufacturer: Ballantine Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 643
Publication Date: September 29, 1996
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Release Date: September 29, 1996
Studio: Ballantine Books
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Editorial Review:
Among the first "Journals of Voluptuous Reading" to be spawned by the Victorians, this novel shows them as vastly different from their public image--beneath the facade of respectability and sexual repression there existed the strongest urge for sexual experimentation and enjoyment. First published in London in July 1879, it provided unrestrained erotica for every taste.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Alot of weeding through for the hype.
I read about this book in several reviews and really don't see the draw. Sure, well before it's time but not a real page turner.
Rating:  - "Sub-Umbra, or Sport Among the She-Noodles" & So Much More!
Readers Beware: This is NOT John Steinbeck's novel :) !
THE PEARL wasn't originally a book, but rather an underground men's magazine, the publication of which spanned the 18 months from July 1879 to December 1880, when it ceased publication. Considered the height of scandalous in its day, THE PEARL strikes the modern reader of erotica, densensitized by a deluge of visual images on the Net and by the open publication of "Forum"-type writings, as rather quaint in its restraint.
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Rating: - Get your mind out of the gutter... and let mine float by.
As dirty books - or should I say "naughty books" - go, the Pearl has few equals. It's neither as pretentious as "My Secret Life", as twisted as "Justine" (De Sade, not Durrell)nor as overblown and plodding as "Fannie Hill." Regardless, this is not a book you take seriously. When my evil twin, Skippy, was a sophomore, cloistered in an all-boys prep school in the 1960's, one of his worldly classmates scored a copy of the Pearl in an "avant garde" book store in New York City, and smuggled it into school. ... Read More
Rating:  - The Pearl
Well I did not enjoy this book at all. I could not say this is a good book. I usually enjoy almost everything but this is the first in "years" I do have to say FOR ME was awful. Maybe someone else will have better luck!
Rating: - Best of the Victorian Era
I've had a copy of this book for over 20 years, and I still go back to it from time to time when I'm looking to [have a good time with myself]. Of the Victorian erotica I've read (probably half a dozen books or so), this is the one I find most helpful, most appealing. I've even thrown it away a few times, only to repurchase it later because I missed it so.
The book contains quite a range of material, from short stories to serialized novels to poetry and limmericks. Perhaps half of the material ... Read More
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